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Two candidates are running for the Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors. As we did for the Whittier City Council election in April and school board elections
in November we’ll report some of the basic information. The information
will include the total amount of money raised and spent and list all of the candidates’ contributors who gave
$100 or more. All of the data reflects through May 19 and was obtained on their reports filed with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office. James Roybal Raised $5,741, including $1,010 loan from himself, spent $29,278, including $23,878 that he still owes

ContributorsAFSCME 1902 of Los Angeles, $1,000The Katherman Group of Torrance (owner is on Water Replenishment District of Southern California board),. $250El Rodeo Restaurant of Pico Rivera, contributed $250 in food for fund-raiserBeilke Enterprises of Pico Rivera, $200

The second campaign finance reporting filing deadline for Whittier City Council election has arrived. The information reported here includes the total amount of money raised and spent, and how much cash they have on hand. It also lists all of the contributors who gave $100 or more. All of the data reflects through March 24. Candidates will be listed in alphabetical order. Challenger Adrian Gonzales, who has withdrawn from the race but still is on the ballot has yet to turn in any reports. This latest one was due at 5 p.m. Thursday.

(Write-in candidate) Jonathan Rex BartuzikFiled form stating he will spend less than $1,000

Nick DonovanRaised $11,799, including a $5,000 loan from his wife, in the new time period for a total of $12,849; spent $6,810 for a total of $9,080, including $1,945 in unpaid bills, and has $5,713 in cash on hand.ContributorsRory Bruer of Long Beach, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, $1,000Marcella Nguyen Newcomb and Jason Steinhart, of Whittier, $500Cecilia Hernandez, of Whittier, $400Carlos Hernandez of Whittier, $300Paul Breitman of Whittier, Denise Fraker both of Whittier, Pasquale Shoe Repair of Los Angeles, Esteban Sarabia of Whittier, $250Shauna Bryan, Fenix 5-4, Georg Krause, all of Whittier, $200Dov Sandler of Montebello, $100Michelle Barnette, Yvette Bracamonte, Sheldon Bromberg, H.P. (Trim) Chin, Jane Inouye, Yvette Martinez, Armando Moreno, Shelly Myers and Adele Platzek, all of Whittier, $100

Lupe Sahagun-GarciaRaised $3,378 in the new time period, including an additional $600 loan from herself, for a total loan of $1,100, and total contributions of $6,037; spent $4,835, including $1,494 in new unpaid bills for a total of $8,534, including $5,094 in unpaid bills and $2,596 in cash on hand.Contributors League of Conservation Voters, Marcella Nguyen Newcomb of Whittier, $1,000Erwin Ulbrich of Whittier, $200Birgitta Kevorkyan of Whittier, $150A.G. Brown Electric of Los Angeles and Norma Berumen, Yvette Bracamonte, Sheldon Bromberg, In2Vsion, Inclusion Services, Jane Inouye, Georg Krause, Shelly Myers, Ana Victoria Santana, all of Whittier

Craig LebowRaised $5,240 in the new time period, including a $147 non-cash contribution, for a total of $9,917, spent $6,378 for a total of $8,303 and $1,289 in cash on hand.ContributorsVictoria Lebow of Marina del Rey, Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, Plas-Tal Manufacturing Co. of Santa Fe Springs, $1,000David Lebow of Los Angeles, Marcella Nguyen Newcomb of Whittier, $500Lupe Sahagun of Whittier, $291Chemique Pharmaceuticals, Inc of Whittier, $250Jane Inouye, Georg Krause, Shelly Myers, of Whittier, $100

Owen NewcomerRaised $4,408 in the new period for a total of $13,938, spent $9,405 and has $4,620 in cash on handContributorsEdison International and Helen Rahder of Whittier, $250Constance Cameron and Michael Greene of Whittier, $200Howard Katz of Whittier, $150Steven Amador, Beth Camarco, Constance Cameron, David Fretz, Greg’s Auto Body, Louise Holden, Stan Johnson, Mary Rawalt, Sarah Schmidt, Ruth Shannon, James Stecklein and Mahlon Woirhaye, all of Whittier, $100 Friends of Robert Apodaca for Central Basin Municipal Water District, Michael Neely of Burbank, Ann Newcomer of Salinas, Kansas, Pacifica Services Inc. of Pasadena, $100

Joe Vinatieri, Raised $4,051 in the new time period for a total of $34,246, spent $7,641 for a total of $11,926 and has $19,652 in cash on handContributorsMaurice and Melanie Bickley of Whittier, $1,196Jeff Baird, Whittier Union High School District board member, $750Vince Evans of Whittier, $500Edison International, $250Jim and Karen Shepard of Whittier, Robert Slavin of Westlake Village, $200Elaine Allen, Mary Jones, Robert and Monica Mosqueda, Natasha Rowan, Hilary Westin, all of Whittier, $100Friends of Bob Apodaca for Central Basin Municipal Water District, $100Cathy WarnerRaised $4,134 in the new time period for a total of $14,340, spent $5,102 for a total of $8,246 and has $5,843 in cash on hand.Contributors: Jay and Letty Hernandez of Whittier, $1,000Curt James of Whittier, $500Hubert Perry of Whittier , $300Wayne and Janet Campfield, Chris George, Jeanne Muhlestein, John Nelson, Kim and Karen Shepard, David Warner (husband), all of Whittier, $200Elaine Ellen, Glenn Britton, Fran and Selma Minerd, Natalie Rowan, Ray and Sully Schmidt, Brian and Hilary Westin, all of Whittier $100,

The first campaign finance reporting filing deadline for Whittier City Council election has arrived. As we did for the school board elections in November we’ll report some of the basic information. The information will include the total amount of money raised and spent, how much cash they have on hand and list all of the candidates’ contributors who gave $100 or more. All of the data reflects through Feb. 25. Candidates will be listed in alphabetical order. Challenger Adrian Gonzales as of Tuesday afternoon hadn’t turned in his report. It was due at 5 p.m. Thursday.

(Write-in candidate) Jonathan Rex BartuzikFiled form stating he will spend less than $1,000

Lupe Sahagun-Garcia
Raised $2,659, including a $500 loan from herself and a $99 non-cash
contribution, Spent no money but has $3,622 in unpaid bills and has
$2,506 in cash on hand.

Contributors include
Whittier Hills Oil Watch, $1,000
Melvin Magnet of Whittier, $300
Russell E.K. Chang of Whittier, $250
Joann Libolt and Melvin Magnet of Whittier, $140 each
George Poochigian and Erwin A. Ulbrich of Whittier, $100 eachCraig LebowRaised $4,529, including a $1,140 loan from himself and a $176 non-cash contribution, Spent $4,353 and has $2,427 in cash on hand.

Contributors includeAaron Adame and law office of Steven Espinoza of Whittier, $500 eachCarol and Christina Hernandez, Mark and Yolanda Umeda of Whittier, $300 eachHerbie’s Natural Foods of Whittier and Alfred Miranda and Ana Turcios of La Habra, $250 eachShauna Bryan and John Hernandez of Whittier, $200 eachPhilllip and Elizabeth Ellis, George Poochigian, Robert and Sally Young, Virginia Young of Whittier, $100 each

Owen NewcomerRaised $9,530, including a $1,000 loan from himself, spent $2,537 and has $7,070 on hand.

La Mirada officials who think a tax increase will provide needed revenue for street and other improvements received some good news from a poll by Godbe Research of Newport Beach.Here are some of the key details of the poll.

The company interviewed 502 likely November 2012 voters from Oct. 20-25. Each interview took about 18 minutes. There is a 4.3 percent margin of error.

The poll on support for increasing the existing business license tax by $50 for most small businesses and $1,000 for most large businesses showed:Definitely yes: 21 percentProbably yes: 26 percentDefinitely no: 31 percentProbably no: 13 percentDon’t know: 9 percent

The poll identified important issues on a scale of three with 0 being not at all important, one, somewhat important, two, very important and three, extremely important.Here are the ratings:Maintaining police services, 2.4Protecting local property values, 2.3Maintaining city streets, 2.2Maintaining sewers and storm drains, 2.1Preventing local tax increases, 2Maintaining sidewalks/curbs/gutters/trees, 2Maintaining city parks/recreational services/facilities, 2Maintaining cultural/performing arts programs, 1.5

NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT(Reports reflect data through Oct. 22Diane GramajoRaised $3,000, spent $1,339, didn’t state how much cash on hand in her reporLoaned campaign $1,000Contributors: PAC for Classified Employees of California School Employees, $2,000 Also was fined $60 for turning in report on Nov. 3. It was due Oct. 27.